a corona kind of day

You probably thought I was going to talk about beer. Nope. Sun flares.

I watched these two jets streaming towards each other. The sky was clear blue and I thought the contrast with the white would make for an interesting shot.

Once the files were uploaded to LightRoom, the unseen sun rays and flares became part of the art. A very unplanned but welcomed surprise.

The color was not how I remembered it - as clear sharp blue. Instead a sea blue-green hue appeared, most likely from the rays and flares acting like a prism. I'm not entirely sure but this sounds reasonable to me.

The one giant flare provided a hoop for the jets to move through.

Do these photos look like underwater shots to you?

We shall find peace.
We shall hear angels,
we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov

To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful;
to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful!

Mehmet Murat ildan

The sky is that beautiful old parchment
in which the sun and the moon keep their diary.

Alfred Kreymborg

...gorgeous bright blue sky with some cloudacious beautiness on the fringe...

@countrygirl you really captured a beautiful shot today. It does indeed look like this picture is taken under water, especially this blue. Is is still so hot out? We're having daily rain, so this blue sky is welcome! The Terri Guillemets quote is perfect! :) Cloudacious! lol

"Take evasive action!" I assume they know what they're doing, but one never knows. It's not often you see jets that close together, outside of an air show.

I find that my camera sometimes messes up the auto white balance and takes a little subjective correction. It looks interesting green, but it's possible the tint was mis-calculated. If you want it to be more blue, try bringing the tint value up to about +30 (ish) in Lightroom :-)

Your lens flare is interesting, especially in that second photo. Have you tried taking photos of really bright lights in the distance to see what kind of star patterns it makes? That could be fun. Every lens handles flare differently.

Migraines are terrible. I've experienced the "painless" kind as well. My eyeballs feels very strange and jiggly and I get vertigo. The pain ones though are really special. Thankfully I don't get them as often as I did when I was younger.

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